Dita4Ios - Help System for iOS Apps  v 0.07 - April 27, 2011
D4I Overview

Summary

iOS Support Library: Dita-generated Help content (written in Objective-C)

Introduction

DITA ( Darwin Information Typing Architecture ) is an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering information. It is widely used for creating content target to PDF, Eclipse Help, Windows Help, and HTML websites. The Dita4iOS library extends DITA to embedded help within an iOS ( iPhone, iPad, iPod ) app.

Here are example screens for the top level table of contents and the DITA-defined help content:

Help_Top.png
Help_Introduction_Top.png

Open Source Project

Open Source Project contains

iPhone App Using Dita4Ios

If you have an iOS device you can try this out for free using the RomanMath app. The app itself does not do much, it is just a 'proof of concept' to show how the D4i help system works. When you are done, just delete the app.